# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morris-levy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:18:27.114Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morris-levy"
name: "Morris Levy"
slug: "morris-levy"
description: "Morris Levy was an American entrepreneur in the fields of jazz clubs, music publishing, and the independent record industry. Levy was cofounder and owner of Roulette Records, founding partner of the Birdland jazz club and the Roulette Room. He was a subject of investigations into organized crime and the music industry, and was convicted of extortion shortly before his death."
tagline: "American gangster and con artist in the fields of jazz clubs, music publishing, and the independent record industry (1927-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morris_Levy%2C_at_the_Roulette_office.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-08-27"
deathDate: "1990-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.938528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1023224/"
    handle:    "nm1023224"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/620813"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A"
    title: "موريس لافي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy"
    title: "Morris Levy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy"
    title: "Morris Levy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy"
    title: "Morris Levy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy"
    title: "Morris Levy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1cf7083b-4ad4-4153-90df-e2e9ff384792"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1948511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1436078"
    title: "Morris S. Levy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump